http://blogs.colgate.edu/ Items of interest about the Colgate community en Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:37 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In many religions, food is love. Now, thanks to generous contributions from Mike Saperstein '62 and Charles Axelrod '63, Colgate's Michael Saperstein Jewish Center has two brand new hearts: two spacious kitchens where meat and dairy foods can be prepared separately, so traditional kosher meals can be shared. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/10/saperstein-renovation-more-tha.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/10/saperstein-renovation-more-tha.html Alumni Blog Campaign Students Campaign for Colgate campaign, Center, Jewish Michael Passion for the Climb roelofs Saperstein Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:42:51 -0500 Colgate was recently awarded seven highly competitive grants totaling more than $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), allowing the university to enhance faculty-student research opportunities as well as expand on-campus summer programs for K-12 teachers and college instructors. An NSF grant will fund associate professor of psychology Kevin Carlsmith's research into the underlying principles that guide attitudes about aggressive interrogation. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/09/16m-in-grants-to-enchance-rese.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/09/16m-in-grants-to-enchance-rese.html Alumni Campaign Sciences grants, NEH, NSF, research, Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:49:10 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/06/colgate-community-thrives-unde.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/06/colgate-community-thrives-unde.html Alumni Campaign alumni campaign parents fund Passion for the Climb Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:37:12 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/05/colgate-awards-schupf-fellowsh.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/05/colgate-awards-schupf-fellowsh.html Arts Campaign Students art fellowship schupf, Tue, 05 May 2009 13:23:06 -0500 Tony Blair, former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will visit Colgate University in October for the next edition of the university's Global Leaders Lecture Series. Blair is scheduled to give a public talk at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Sanford Field House. Ticket information will be released in August. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/04/former-prime-minister-tony-bla.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/04/former-prime-minister-tony-bla.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events Britain colgate global leaders tony blair Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:14:01 -0500 Ret. Gen. Colin Powell -- former U.S. secretary of state and one-time leader of 350,000 troops -- knows how to make an entrance."Sit down, you're making me nervous," barked the general in the good-natured tone perfected over five decades of Army leadership, politics, and diplomacy. Having stared down world leaders and stood up to the four American presidents he served, Powell could hardly have been intimidated by the 50 students who rose in unison as he entered Golden Auditorium Friday. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/04/powell-meets-with-students-del.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/04/powell-meets-with-students-del.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events Students colgate university colin powell global leaders leadership Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:32:56 -0500 Colgate's Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week's issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In a full-page story, The Chronicle's Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father Don Read '66, a former WRCU news director and station manager. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/03/blackmore-media-center-focus-o.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/03/blackmore-media-center-focus-o.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events blackmore chronicle radio WRCU Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:02:45 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/03/tickets-for-powell-lecture-now.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/03/tickets-for-powell-lecture-now.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events colgate colin powell dalai lama Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:08:41 -0500 It's a space so nice, they built it thrice. And on Tuesday, February 17, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends all gathered at the James C. Colgate Student Union to cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled Donovan's Pub. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/02/third-times-the-charm-for-dono.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/02/third-times-the-charm-for-dono.html Alumni Campaign Students Campaign for Colgate Donovan's Pub Passion for the Climb Reunion Senior Class Gift SGA Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:23:19 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/02/new-website-documents-russian.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2009/02/new-website-documents-russian.html Blog Campaign anthropology grant kommunalka NEH Passion for the Climb Russian Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:35:34 -0500 L'dor Vador, from generation to generation. That was the message in New York City on November 6, 2008, when nearly 200 alumni, parents, and friends gathered to celebrate the vibrancy and importance of Jewish studies and Jewish life at Colgate. With Jewish studies faculty on hand, along with some of Colgate's most outstanding Jewish students and young alumni, the feeling of pride was palpable. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/11/colgate-celebrates-60-years-of.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/11/colgate-celebrates-60-years-of.html Alumni Blog Campaign campaign, Jewish Life, Passion for the Climb Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:46:49 -0500 Instead of flipping through the television channels to find the latest take on the presidential campaign, more than 400 people packed into New York City's Axa Equitable Center Monday night to hear election analysis firsthand from a panel featuring Colgate alumni in the journalism field. Newsweek chief political correspondent and senior editor Howard Fineman '70, who has interviewed every major presidential candidate since 1984, told the audience of alumni and friends that "this has been an election of a lifetime to cover." http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/alumni-in-journalism-discuss-p.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/alumni-in-journalism-discuss-p.html Alumni Campaign Faculty Students colgate university mccain obama presidential campaign presidential election Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:15:53 -0500 The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the Colgate community: As I meet and speak with Colgate students, faculty and staff, it is clear that the recent credit crisis and its impact on the financial markets and economies around the globe is a topic of concern to us all. I am heartened by how many of you have asked me how our endowment is faring, how our alumni are doing in this situation, and how you can help. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/president-chopp-addresses-impa.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/president-chopp-addresses-impa.html Alumni Campaign budgets colgate economy finances Rebecca Chopp Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:09:52 -0500 Programming on Colgate's student-run radio station is now being beamed from a new studio that has dramatically increased the station's visibility and created new opportunities for student deejays. The dreamy digital digs for WRCU (90.1) is in the new Blackmore Media Center, in the lower level of the O'Connor Campus Center (Coop)."We have gone from extremely little visibility to being in the center of campus," station general manage Paul Osmolskis said about this summer's move from cramped quarters in Drake Hall to the Coop. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/09/buzz-you-hear-is-about-wrcus-n.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/09/buzz-you-hear-is-about-wrcus-n.html Alumni Campaign Students blackmore Coop coyle music radio WRCU Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:27:44 -0500 Peer deep into space through the eyes of the orbiting Hubble Telescope. Travel back billions of years to witness the birth of the universe. Get an up-close look at ancient Egyptian pyramids. The Colgate and central New York communities can experience these breathtaking excursions inside Colgate's Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, which is now open for free public screenings. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/09/visualization-lab-offers-free.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/09/visualization-lab-offers-free.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events Faculty Sciences 3D astronomy colgate ho science center sciences stonehenge visualization Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:01:35 -0500 If ever there were a poster child for upstate New York, Kevin McAvey '05 would be it.Like so many of his Colgate friends, McAvey left the area after graduation, but, he says, his "heart stayed in the upstate New York region.""There's still not a day I don't cross that border into upstate that I don't break into a smile," said McAvey, a downstate native.Now, three years later, he's followed his heart, moving back from Washington, D.C., to attend graduate school at Cornell University. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/06/institute-experience-inspires.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/06/institute-experience-inspires.html Alumni Campaign brain drain colgate colgate university upstate foundation upstate institute upstate new york Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:56 -0500 Music was playing at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City during the third annual Presidents' Club Auction and Reception on May 9, but you never would have known. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/05/presidents-club-spins-new-reco.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/05/presidents-club-spins-new-reco.html Alumni Blog Campaign auction campaign dalai lama Passion for the Climb Presidents' Club Wed, 21 May 2008 09:01:53 -0500 The Class of 2008's "green" gift to the university was the subject of an article in The Post-Standard.(Syracuse) The class has raised about $23,000 to launch a fund that will help the college reduce energy use. About 94 percent of the senior class has made donations. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/05/senior-class-gift-to-launch-en.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/05/senior-class-gift-to-launch-en.html Alumni Campaign Students commencement, environmental, graduation, green, lesley stahl sustainability, Fri, 09 May 2008 13:32:42 -0500 The Upstate Institute Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) at Colgate University has awarded three nonprofit organizations in central New York grants totaling $10,000. The SPC is a service-learning program composed of twelve Colgate sophomores. This year's grant money will support initiatives that enhance the personal and life skills development for underserved populations in the community. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/04/servicelearning-program-benefi.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/04/servicelearning-program-benefi.html Alumni Campaign Students colgate nonprofit philanthropy students upstate institute Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:42:41 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/04/colgate-convenes-political-bra.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/04/colgate-convenes-political-bra.html Alumni Campaign Faculty alumni, campaign politics, Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:20:15 -0500 The Colgate 13 has been singing the praises of Dean William Griffith '33 for decades. With his passing on November 19 at the age of 95, Colgate 13 alumni -- or "Crusties," as they are called -- wanted to do more. They decided to express their love for "Griff" and his mentorship with an endowed memorial scholarship that could benefit future members of the a cappella group. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/01/colgate-13-establishes-griffit.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/01/colgate-13-establishes-griffit.html Alumni Blog Campaign campaign colgate colgate 13 colgate university endowment Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:56:22 -0500 What do "mutations linked with cardiovascular phenotypes" have in common with Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for Colgate? To adequately understand the importance of both, it is best to talk with a Colgate undergraduate. Alumni and friends had the chance to do just that at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., during one of Colgate's campaign celebrations. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/12/nih-group-adds-new-dimension-t.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/12/nih-group-adds-new-dimension-t.html Campaign Research Sciences Students campaign colgate dengue fever mayflower washington d.c. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:07:49 -0500 It has been almost 25 years since men's hockey coach Don Vaughan was slammed against the boards. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/11/colgate-establishes-donald-f-v.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/11/colgate-establishes-donald-f-v.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events athletics coach endowment hockey Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:19:28 -0500 If the library is the heart of the university, Colgate's pulse quickened with Friday's dedication of the Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology.The campus community welcomed alumni and friends from around the region for a marathon celebration of the $57.5 million facility, built on the footprint of the former Case Library. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/10/events-mark-dedication-of-case.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/10/events-mark-dedication-of-case.html Alumni Campaign Campus Events case-geyer colgate colgate university geyer john seely brown jsb lasr library Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:27:18 -0500 Students, faculty, staff, and local community members gathered at Colgate's Picker Art Gallery last week to celebrate the launch of a new exhibition, Chuck Close: Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio, 2000. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/09/new-exhibition-brings-art-to-l.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/09/new-exhibition-brings-art-to-l.html Blog Campaign art arts Picker Art Gallery Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:05:41 -0500 Colgate celebrated the sciences this weekend with two major events: the dedication of the new Robert H.N. Ho Science Center and the launch of the Harvey Picker Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Sciences and Mathematics. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/09/new-science-building-institute.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/09/new-science-building-institute.html Blog Campaign Passion for the Climb Picker Institute Robert H.N. Ho Science Center Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:26:36 -0500 Alumni, coaches, family, and friends from around the country arrived at the Colgate Inn on Friday, May 4, to pay a unique tribute to the late Swimming and Diving Coach Mark Randall. http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/05/alumni-and-friends-inaugurate.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/05/alumni-and-friends-inaugurate.html Blog Campaign campaign Colgate Swimming and Diving Mark Randall Passion for the Climb Thu, 10 May 2007 09:49:37 -0500 A day after launching Colgate's new fundraising campaign with a festive celebratory dinner, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and students settled down to business. They convened on Saturday, March 3, for "Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: An Interdisciplinary Symposium with Colgate Faculty and Staff." http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/03/colgate-hosts-interdisciplinar.html http://blogs.colgate.edu/2007/03/colgate-hosts-interdisciplinar.html Blog Campaign campaign symposium Passion for the Climb Picker Art Gallery Upstate Institute Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:58:59 -0500